Trump encouraged NFL owners to fire those players who kneel for the anthem in protest.

During a speech at a rally in Alabama on Friday night, Donald Trump verbally attacked NFL players who protested police brutality against minorities, especially African-Americans, by kneeling when the national anthem played in the field. He demanded NFL owners to fire those who have “disrespected” the flag by engaging in the movement which started last year by former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

“Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field right now. Out! He’s fired. He’s fired!’” Trump said in his speech on Friday, while the crowd cheered for him.
Trump was at a rally at Huntsville’s Von Braun Center in support of Republican senator Luther Strange. Strange is running for a special GOP primary election next week to fill the vacated Senate seat of attorney general Jeff Sessions.

“You know, some owner is going to do that,” Trump added. “He’s going to say, ‘That guy that disrespects our flag, he’s fired.’ And that owner, they don’t know it [but] they’ll be the most popular person in this country.”
Mr. Trump went off-script, again, in his Alabama rally speech, rambling about healthcare reform, the infamous Mexico border wall and his fracas with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, the “Rocket Man.”

President Trump also encouraged his fans to “leave the stadium” if they see players who kneel for the national anthem.

“But do you know what’s hurting the game more than that?” he said. “When people like yourselves turn on television and you see those people taking the knee when they’re playing our great national anthem. The only thing you could do better is if you see it, even if it’s one player, leave the stadium.”

“I guarantee things will stop. Things will stop. Just pick up and leave. Pick up and leave. Not the same game anymore, anyway.”